Agent Token Cost Signal Kit#

Find token waste, repeated calls, and risky routing changes before they become real cost.

Features#

• 🔍 Token Waste Check Finds agents that may be using too many tokens for the work they do.

• 🔁 Repeated Call Signal Spots retries, loops, repeated tool calls, or duplicate scheduled jobs.

• 🧠 Routing Risk Check Flags model or routing changes that may increase token use.

• 🧾 Evidence Before Action Avoids judging from one noisy run or mixed workloads.

• 🛠 Clear Next Step Tells you whether to watch, investigate one path, keep status quo, or consider rollback.

Install#

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openclaw skills install agent-cost-eval-kit

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openclaw skills install agent-cost-eval-kit --global

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openclaw skills install agent-cost-eval-kit --global --force

Activation#

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eval cost change for [My_Agent]

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eval token change for [My_Agent]

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check token waste for [My_Agent]

What You Will Get#

• Status
• What was checked
• Waste signal
• Risk level
• Recommended next action

Status Labels#

• No Clear Waste No meaningful token waste is visible from the available evidence.

• Watch Only There may be waste, but evidence is not strong enough to act.

• Investigate One Path One specific agent, job, route, or task path looks suspicious.

• Keep Status Quo The current setup looks better than the previous one. Do not rollback or make more changes yet.

• Rollback Candidate A recent change may have increased token use or reduced reliability. Review before rollback.

• Unsafe to Decide The workflow is too risky, mixed, or under-sampled to make a safe judgment.

Output Format#

Every result starts with a status label, then gives the priority item, reason, evidence, risk level, and next action.

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Status: Investigate One Path

Fix First:
daily_empty_signal_reminder

Reason:
Recent runs repeatedly returned NO_REPLY or produced no useful downstream action while still starting a full agent loop.

Evidence:
- Recent scheduled runs repeatedly returned NO_REPLY
- The job still consumed tokens on each run
- The upstream signal source appears empty or inactive

Risk:
Medium

Next Action:
Do read-only verification first. Confirm whether the reminder still has a valid upstream signal source before pausing, reducing frequency, or adding pre-agent filtering.

A short output is not waste by itself. Waste means the task consumed tokens without producing useful downstream value.

What This Will Not Do#

It will not:

• calculate exact provider billing without full pricing and usage data
• treat token count as exact dollar cost
• judge from one noisy run
• compare unrelated task types as the same workload
• promise lower cost with equal quality
• edit configs, switch models, disable jobs, or delete cron tasks
• require API keys, private keys, secrets, credentials, or full private logs

This skill is read-only. It may recommend an action, but it will not ask to immediately disable, edit, delete, switch, or change production configs.

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